Henry Louis 'Hank' Aaron

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Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron or also known as “Hammer” was considered as one of the greatest Major League Baseball players of his time. Hank Aaron left behind not just his record setting legacy, but his all around aura in the world of Major League Baseball. Born into unpretentious circumstances in 1934 to grow up in a poor African American area of Mobile, Alabama that was known as "Down the Bay." Aaron was the third child born of his eight siblings to Herbert and Estella Aaron, who both worked as a dry dock boilermaker’s assistant, and a bar tavern owner. Hank and the rest of the Aaron family relocated to the neighborhood of Toulminville when Hank was only 8 years of age. Hank grew a fondness for football and baseball at a very

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